The horrific attacks that shook the world: how 9/11 may have impacted how this century is playing out
And today, it’s clear that America’s rival across the Pacific, whose ploy after the Soviet Union’s crack-up was to “hide your strength, bide your time,” has been this century’s big winner so far, never mind the dust-haze around any part that a covert Beijing nexus with Rawalpindi may (or may not) have played in the turn of events.